A 100 mile shift in the storm could mean blizzard-like conditions for Kansas City

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Updated: 7:01 AM CST Feb 21, 2019

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WEBVTT YEAR IF THEY BROUGHT IT IN FROM THE OPPRESSIVE SUMMER HEAT. NICK: WE WERE HOPING FOR WINTER COLD. NOW WE ARE HOPING FOR SUMMER HEAT. ROUND AND ROUND WE GO. DONNA: I WILL TAKE SPRING AND FALL. NICK: I AM WITH YOU. DONNA: I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE SPRING ON SATURDAY. NICK: YOU GET THOSE LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING TYPE STORM SYSTEMS. THEY TYPICALLY DRIVE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU CAN GET BIG HEAVY, WET, WINDY SNOW. I THINK THAT IS HOW THE STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO SHAPE UP THIS WEEKEND. IT IS MY JOB TO FIGURE OUT WHO GETS WHAT. PATCHY FOG. ALMOST LOOKS LIKE HAZE OVER KANSAS CITY. VISIBILITY AT ABOUT THREE MILES. 23 IN LEE’S SUMMIT. 27 IN WARRENSBURG. 40’S FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS FOR TODAY. I’M GOING TO START WITH WHAT WE ARE CONFIDENT IN. I THINK WE START OUT REAL WARM. WARM AIR AT THE SURFACE. THAT WOULD SPREAD RAIN AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE A MODERATE RAIN ACROSS KANSAS CITY. MUCH OF MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE FLOW AND ULTIMATELY, THE STORM SYSTEM IS 18,000 FEET UP. WE ARE GOING TO USE THE SURFACE FLOW FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS OUR SYSTEM. THE LIZARD BACK IN NOVEMBER, THAT -- THE BLIZZARD BACK I NOVEMBER THAT WAS 100 MILES TO THE SOUTH. THIS TRACKS OVER THE METRO AND INTO KIRKSVILLE. THAT WOULD KEEP THE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS IOWA AND NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. A 100 MILE SHIFT AT THIS POINT IS LIKE THAT. IT IS NOT THAT MUCH. WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRACK OF THE STORM. I THINK WITH THE AMOUNT OF WIND THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP WHEN IT STRENGTHENS, THERE COULD BE BLIZZ

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A 100 mile shift in the storm could mean blizzard-like conditions for Kansas City